Outdoor Living and Adventure
Ok, truth be told this isn’t actually my first packraft. I bought a DIY packraft kit many years ago, began making it and got so stressed out by it I tucked it away in a box. This is my first complete packraft that I bought to try and push myself to finish the original one.
So what is a Packraft?
Continue readingI love the idea of big mountain trips, with plenty of climbing and plenty of exposure. But I also love the idea of heading out on a solo adventure, and most climbing related activities require you to team up with others to tackle the task. That’s probably why the idea of via ferrata has always seemed to appealing.
Continue readingI’ve realised recently that an easy way to keep me happy is to do things that I enjoyed when I was a child. I used to love climbing trees but hadn’t done that in years, until one day when I still lived in a village in Scotland I headed out to the woods and climbed one. When I wasn’t in the trees, I was often under “The Den” (a small wooden shed which my Dad build, featuring a trap door leading to the ground) digging away the soil underneath and distributing it like “The Great Escape” to make the best den. Again, many years later, I headed out to the woods and had a great time making a small hole.
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